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TJ Miller is the first actor cast in Tucker Cawley’s comedy pilot for CBS The Assistants, a young ensemble about four assistants who work for a celebrity couple. WME-repped Miller will play one of them, who at night he plays drums for a struggling band.
Claire Wellin has joined NBC’s drama pilot The Crossing. Written by Josh Brand, it is set in a Missouri town during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era and centers on Jason, a Civil War soldier who crosses the country and settles into a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior. Wellins will play a scrappy girl left alone in the world after losing her father and two brothers in the war, who is taken under Jason’s wing.
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How good is the Crossing script?
It’s good. You can tell it was developed for FX. I don’t know where it fits on NBC, but if it makes it on the air it could develop a following.
Assistants is a fantastic pilot – though frighteningly real for those of us who have worked as an assistant to a celebrity. I laughed out loud in-between my moments of PTSD
Have you ever been treated nicely or badly by a celebrity or both by different celebs?
TJ Miller is funny. When he first came to LA there were some companies who didn’t have time for him. They’re eating crow now.
TV show about assistants?
Because all of the TV people were once assistants. I’m sure America will embrace it.
Everybody’s had to work for crazy bosses at one time or another, so that’s what matters regarding relatability.
Fox had a wonderful western, “The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.” So, if Fox could do it, I don’t see why NBC can’t do a western.
Two Chicago talents. Claire is still there. For now. They are really producing some good people there.